We March Again for Women's Rights

Publication Date

Monday, January 15, 2018 - 11:00pm

On Saturday, January 20 2018, one year after the historic Women’s March on Washington, people of all backgrounds, abilities, genders and orientations, will march to end hate, racism, Islamophobia and other forms of violence against women.

Women’s marches will be happening across Ontario as part of a global coalition of sister marches that continue to mobilize on issues that affect us all--violence against women, anti-black, anti-Muslim and anti-Indigenous racism, discrimination and violence against migrant and precarious workers, refugees and workers without legal status. Women’s marches continue to resist acts of hate, nationalism, xenophobia, homophobia and transphobia.

On January 20, we march again to build upon our grassroots movements and coalitions—movements such as #METOO, BlackLivesMatter, #$15&Fairness, Make It Fair, and Idle No More.

We organize to ensure key demands of the labour movement are realized: we demand gender, racial, social and economic justice.

Please join the Provincial Women’s Committee (PWC) and the Provincial Human Rights Committee (PHRC) in our resistance and celebration at the Women’s Pre-March Breakfast and Art Build that will be held before the Women’s March –Toronto on Saturday. The PWC and PHRC will provide art supplies and materials to create signs and banners.

All OPSEU members, allies and community members are welcome to attend!

Topics:

Equity

Toronto Pre-Women’s March Breakfast and Art Build

Date: Saturday January 20

Time: 9:30-11:30 AM

Location: OPSEU membership centre, 31 Wellesley St. East in Toronto

The Pre-March Breakfast is open to all OPSEU members, allies and community members

Women’s March Events happening on January 20 2018 across Ontario

Women's March Canada - Hamilton March

Time: 9:00 AM

Location: Hamilton City Hall in Hamilton, 71 Main Street West

Women's March Canada - Hamilton would like to acknowledge that Hamilton is on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and Anishinabek peoples. We keep this acknowledgment at the forefront of our march and thank the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and Anishinabek peoples for allowing us to gather.

Women’s organizations in Hamilton with the organizers of last year’s Women’s March invite you to save the date for a timely conversation about women’s issues and practical tools for community organizing and lobbying in Hamilton.

On-site childminding will be provided.

The event is indoors and accessible.

Women's March Canada - London March

Time: 10:00 AM

Location: Victoria Park, NW Corner, 580 Clarence Street in London

This event will take place on the traditional territories and beaver hunting grounds of the Attawandaran, Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, and Leni-Lunaape people. They are known as Chippewa of the Thames, Oneida of the Thames and the Munsee-Delaware Nations. We will gather in celebration and fierce resistance with our sisters and allies across the world as we raise our voices to say no to violence, injustice, inequality and silence.

WE MARCH ~ in solidarity with women and human rights groups from across the world we will be marching to show that the progress made in 2017 was not enough. There is still so much work to do to protect and advance the rights of women, and the rights of all vulnerable citizens in our country. If you think 2017 was a loud year for women, well - you ain't seen nothing yet!

We invite you to save the date for a timely conversation about women’s issues and practical tools for community organizing and lobbying in London

Women's March Canada - Muskoka

Time: 11:00 AM

Location: Huntsville, ON - Exact Location To Be Confirmed in Huntsville

Women's March Canada - Muskoka would like to acknowledge that Muskoka is on the traditional territory of the Anishinabek, Huron-Wendat, Odawa and Mississauga/Eastern Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) peoples. We keep this acknowledgment at the forefront of our march and thank the Anishinabek, Huron-Wendat, Odawa and Mississauga/Eastern Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) peoples for allowing us to gather.

Come walk with us, in solidarity, for women's rights and freedoms. This is a grassroots activity to bring people together in recognition of the issues still facing women in today's society. Please join, like, and share, as widely as possible, across Muskoka.

Niagara Women March On

Time: 1:30 PM

Locaton: Mahtay Café, 241 St. Paul Street in St. Catharines

Women's March Canada - Ottawa

Time: 9:00 AM

Location: Parliament Hill - Wellington Street in Ottawa

Women's March Canada - Ottawa would like to acknowledge that Ottawa is on the traditional territory of the Algonquin, Haudenosaunee and Anishinabek peoples. We keep this acknowledgment at the forefront of our march and thank the Algonquin, Haudenosaunee and Anishinabek peoples for allowing us to gather.

We march again ~ in solidarity with women and human rights groups from across the world we will be marching again to show that the progress made in 2017 was not enough. There is still so much work to do to protect and advance the rights of women, and the rights of all vulnerable citizens in our country.

Women’s organizations in Ottawa with the organizers of last year’s Women’s March invite you to save the date for a timely conversation about women’s issues and practical tools for community organizing and lobbying in Ottawa

Women's March Canada - Stratford

Time: 1:00 PM

Location: Stratford City Hall, 1 Wellington Street in Stratford

Women's March Canada - Stratford would like to acknowledge that Stratford is on the traditional territory of the Anishinabek Haudenosauneega (Iroquois) and Anishinaabe peoples. We keep this acknowledgment at the forefront of our march and thank the Anishinabek Haudenosauneega (Iroquois) and Anishinaabe peoples for allowing us to gather.

WE MARCH AGAIN ~ in solidarity with women and human rights groups from across the world we will be marching again to show that the progress made in 2017 was not enough. There is still so much work to do to protect and advance the rights of women, and the rights of all vulnerable citizens in our country. All are welcome. Marchers participate at their own risk. Please obey all traffic signals.

We invite you to save the date for a timely conversation about women’s issues and practical tools for community organizing and lobbying in Stratford

Women's March Canada - Sudbury

Time: 11:00 AM

Location: Bell Park (Corner of York and Paris Streets) in Sudbury

Women's March Canada - Sudbury March acknowledges that we march on Robinson-Huron Treaty territory and the land on which we will gather is the traditional territory of the Atikameksheng Anishnaabeg.

WE MARCH ~ in solidarity with women and human rights groups from across the world we will be marching to show that the progress made in 2017 was not enough. There is still so much work to do to protect and advance the rights of women, and the rights of all vulnerable citizens in our country. If you think 2017 was a loud year for women, well - you ain't seen nothing yet!

We're gathering in the York Street parking lot across from Bell Park and starting to march at 11 a.m. sharp. We're walking the sidewalk along Paris Street over the Bridge of Nations and back. Don't forget to come with a sign and wearing your pink pussyhat! All feminists welcome

Women's March Canada - Thunder Bay

Time: 10:00 AM

Location: Ka-Na-Chi-Hih, 1700 Dease Street in Thunder Bay

Women's March Canada - Thunder Bay would like to acknowledge that Thunder Bay is on the traditional territory of the Métis and Anishinabek peoples. We keep this acknowledgment at the forefront of our march and thank the Métis and Anishinabek peoples for allowing us to gather.

Women’s organizations in Thunder Bay with the organizers of last year’s Women’s March invite you to save the date for a timely conversation about women’s issues and practical tools for community organizing and lobbying in Thunder Bay.

Women's March Canada - Waterloo Region

Time: 10:00 AM

Location: Open Sesame, 220 King Street West in Kitchener

Women's March Canada - Waterloo Region would like to acknowledge that Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, and Brantford are on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Anishnaabe, and Neutral peoples. We keep this acknowledgment at the forefront of our events and thank the Haudenosaunee, Anishnaabe, and Neutral peoples for allowing us to gather.

WE MARCH ~ in solidarity with women and human rights groups from across the world we will be marching to show that the progress made in 2017 was not enough. There is still so much work to do to protect and advance the rights of women, and the rights of all vulnerable citizens in our country. If you think 2017 was a loud year for women, well - you ain't seen nothing yet!

Women’s organizations in Waterloo Region with the organizers of last year’s Women’s March invite you to save the date for a timely conversation about women’s issues and practical tools for community organizing and lobbying in Waterloo Region

Women's March Canada - Windsor

Time: 11:00 AM

Location: Windsor City Hall, 350 City Hall Square West in Windsor

Women's March Canada - Windsor would like to acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishnaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples.

WE MARCH AGAIN ~ in solidarity with women and human rights groups from across the world we will be marching again to show that the progress made in 2017 was not enough. There is still so much work to do to protect and advance the rights of women, and the rights of all vulnerable citizens in our country.

Women’s organizations in Windsor with the organizers of last year’s Women’s March invite you to save the date for a timely conversation about women’s issues and practical tools for community organizing and lobbying in Windsor.

Women's March Canada - Woodstock

This event will take place on the traditional territories Anishinabek Haudenosauneega (Iroquois) and Anishinaabe people. We will gather in celebration and fierce resistance with our sisters and allies across the world as we raise our voices to say no to violence, injustice, inequality and silence.

We will be meeting downtown Woodstock at 9 am on January 20th and begin marching promptly at 930am. We will march east staying on Dundas St. We will have peaceful signs supporting women and democracy in the city of Woodstock! Come one come all!